nex2nun

How are you creating your zip file?

Derek M.

The file looks to be correct. I would also verify that the “robots.txt” file is in the root of your web directory. Here are some nice articles to read over for more info.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Search_Engine_Optimization_for_Wordpress
https://www.askapache.com/seo/wordpress-robotstxt-seo.html

Hope this helps!
Derek M.

It very well could be an issue with the charset, however, I can’t say that I have worked with that issue before. I found something in the WordPress Codex that may help:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Converting_Database_Character_Sets.

Derek M.

By customizing the template within your RSS pages you could specify the feed to display only posts within a certain category. However, the quickest way may be to use a third-party plugin. This one here looks like it may be of some help:

WP More Feeds

Thanks,
Derek M.

Bump. Having the same troubles here.

You would need to alter the “wp-config.php” file as describe here in the WordPress Codex: Editing wp-config.php.

Hope this helps!
Derek M.

All you would need to change in the following code would be the “category_name=” to be the category you want to display.

<?php query_posts('category_name=events'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> 

<ul>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
</ul>   

<?php endwhile; ?>

Hope this helps!
Derek M.

There are a LOT of affiliate links on that sidebar and if they are simply “hot linked” to the provider, it may be a cause of the slow response. So it may not be on your end but rather the host of the affiliate link. There is also the cbox and the “whos.amung.us” counter. I would do a process of elimination and see what may be the root of the problem. For example, take out the cbox and check response time, then try removing the counter, etc. etc.

Hope that helps!
Derek M.

Here’s a summary of the “roles” available within WordPress as described in the WordPress Codex Roles and Capabilties:

* Administrator – Somebody who has access to all the administration features
* Editor – Somebody who can publish posts, manage posts as well as manage other people’s posts, etc.
* Author – Somebody who can publish and manage their own posts
* Contributor – Somebody who can write and manage their posts but not publish posts
* Subscriber – Somebody who can read comments/comment/receive news letters, etc.

So by default, I don’t believe the roles restrict access to the blog but rather limit a users capabilities within the blogs administration (i.e. – a subscriber can only read the blog but an author can write to the blog, etc).

Again the Roles and Capabilities Codex goes into further detail. Plus there are a number plugins available that expand this function of WordPress. Here are a list of plugins created by a WordPress user that creates blog restrictions.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/User:MichaelH/Plugins/Restriction

Here’s another:

https://www.im-web-gefunden.de/wordpress-plugins/role-manager/

Hope this helps!
Derek M.

Hi Danny,

Have you setup a Gravatar.com account?

Hope that helps!
Derek M.

Both questions can be addressed with “The_Loop“.

To view the full articles replace

<?php the_content_limit(350, "[Read more]"); ?>

with

<?php the_content('Read more...'); ?>

You wouldn’t have to change anything else to make sure that only posts from category 23 are posted.

<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=23&showposts=7"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>

Try the “wp_list_categories” tag.

<?php wp_list_categories('orderby=name'); ?>

Here’s more in the WordPress Codex on its usage.

If you want to list only certain categories, you can use the include/exclude arguments.

Hope that helps!
Derek M.

You can try using the Audio Player WordPress Plugin which would allow you to upload an MP3 file to your blog and then use the plugin to give visitors a Flash app for playback. However, the plugin has a note from it’s creator:

Important note: This plugin only works in posts and pages. It does NOT work in headers, sidebars or footers and I do not provide support for placing it there.

Otherwise, you would create your own Flash app to hold the static image and have a layer with a button to playback the audio file.

Here’s a good tutorial on creating your own Flash Player.

Hope that helps!
Derek M.

To add new themes to your current install of WordPress does involve a few steps which are outlined in the WordPress Codex Using Themes. Take a look at the “Adding New Themes” section.

Hope this helps!
Derek M.

Strange, it added that many replies and it won’t let me edit a single one of them, my apologies.